"Tearing along the traffic-burdened thoroughfare with staring eyeball and reeking frame, this insane demon shoots past men,woman and children, with nothing to announce his coming or mark his passage save a faint hum and a curl of dust."
Letter to a Hawkes Bay Newspaper dated 9 December 1898

Putting it all together

The frame duly arrived from Kustom Chrome, andas usual they had done a beautiful job.I had contacted Liberati in Rome to see if they hadany original decals left, they did not, but they were veryinterested in seeing the bike when I had finished.

The original Liberati ship Rome 1950's. After painting the bike, I left it to sit for a month, as I find the two pack base coat clear coat systembenefits from a little hardening time.Then it was time for the assembly....

...which resulted in this.

I had also tracked down a couple of original Cicli Liberaijerseys over the last 18 months.

Some nice pantographing and quality work from Kustom Chrome, NOS set of Campagnolo shifters.

The very pretty seat cluster that originally made me takeon this project.

Campagnolo brake with OMAS and Mathauser No over heating brakes here.

San Marco saddle with alloy rails, 314 grams.

I thought the Steel Campagnolo head set set looked just right with the chrome lugs, so no light alloy head set used.